[You arrive at Satoshi's apartment! It's much like it was when you left it.] * Satoshi blinks once as he's unexpectedly teleported, then relaxes slightly. "Okay, now let's find him." Jin? * Taki calls out into the chicken infested apartment, "JIN?" [No answer!] * Satoshi heads into his bedroom to look first. "Check in here. Maybe he's hiding under the couch." * Taki takes off her shoes out of force of habbit before stalking over to the couch and actualy looking under it. (yes, she's that desperate right now.) [Jin is not hiding under the couch anymore.] * Satoshi checks his bedroom, including under his bed. (Curse you Carmen Sandiego!) [Jin is not hiding under the bed!] * Satoshi checks the closet, too, before heading to the bathroom. [He's not in the closet!] * Satoshi looks in the shower, and in the linen closet, and, yes, even under the sink. * Taki tries the kitchen, opening up cubbords and the oven and anything else that looks like it might be big enough to cram a human into. [Jin's not there, or there, or there. But Yusuke waves hello when Satoshi looks in the shower.] [Just kidding, Yusuke isn't there either.] * Satoshi checks the other bedroom. Under the bed, in the closet, anywhere he might fit (and some places he probably wouldn't). * Taki starts checking the smaller places, drawers and the like, and is getting increasingly violent when closing them. [Jin isn't anywhere!] ( Satoshi: "Where the Jin is at?" ) * Satoshi walks back into the kitchen. "Nothing yet." * Taki slams a cutlery drawer shut, "Where is he!? WHERE IS Grah!" She tries again in lower tone, "Where is she?" * Satoshi decides to stay a bit away from her until she's not near the knives. * Taki starts to pace around the kitchen, "Not here, not there, not there, can't go there, still not here. I can go anywhere except where I need to!" * Satoshi sighs. "If there were something I could do to take this pain away from you, I'd do it. You know that, right?" ( There is. Morphine. ) (Yay, I shall get my !girlfriend drugs. ;p) * Taki stops and looks over at Satoshi, "Yes, I know that, and if....I I can't...I ... It's not you, I...Where is she?" Taki? * Taki looks down, "I...can't." * Satoshi blinks, confused. "Can't what?" Anything! Taki, I... don't really understand. * Taki shakes her head, "I don't know how to begin...I don't... I've tried... and every time you." Every time I...? * Taki reaches up and brushes her hair out of her face with her hand and then looks up at Satoshi. When she speaks it's slowly and fairly steadily, "Everytime I've tried to tell you, before I could even start it's like it didn't matter anymore, because I was safe with you." * Satoshi looks confused, but he nods slowly. I... I wanted to make Katie feel that same way. To feel safe and warm...and this was before everything. I told you this once. Why I let the fake... Why I... * Taki shakes her head, "I'm not that sort of person. I can't do it." * Satoshi takes a deep breath. "Tell me again. How, exactly, do you feel about Katie?" * Taki contines as if she hadn't heard him for a bit, "You're right in front of me and I can't do anything, can't even think about...I ... words... both of you, I want to help her, to hold her, to be there for her, to be her freind, to be. * Taki falters and then contines, "To be everything for her that you are for me." * Satoshi finally seems to be getting it. "So... you feel the same way towards her that I do towards you." * Taki turns a deep red and looks down Honestly? * Taki shakes her head, "You care more about me than anybody... I ... If it'd been you... I'd be the same way right now..." But... * Taki studies the tiles in Satoshi's kitchen. * Satoshi sighs again. "I, well..." I know I'm strange, and if I could be different, I would be, but I'm just me and I'm not making any sense and and... * Satoshi shakes his head. "You're not strange. You're-" Then he's interrupted by the ringing of his cell phone. * Satoshi sighs angrily and pulls it out of his pocket. He checks the caller ID, sees it's Haruko, and answers. "Yeah?" He sounds rather annoyed. * Taki blinks at the ringing phone, and waits. This is important. Found him yet? No, we haven't. Have you found anything? What? You're not making any sense. * Taki gives Satoshi a confused look. Yes. Fine. * Taki starts to pace again. That was Haruko. They've found some sort of lead on Katie. They're doing an internet search. * Satoshi puts his phone away. * Taki walks right up to Satoshi, "Where?" * Satoshi closes his eyes for a second and sighs, then opens them. "The construction site, she said." * Taki holds out her hand to Satoshi, "I... am going." * Satoshi takes her hand. "Not without me." Thankyou.